Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderSQLite backend Because comments are not Big Data. Yep, you got it. Also MIT licensed. Please go ahead and kill Facebook comments. I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job.
I noticed they use a Bloom Filter based on ip address to prevent people from voting multiple times. According to the implementation[1] it uses a 256-byte structure and limits the total number of votes on a post to 142 [2] (more than that and the false-positive rate > 0.001). This is stored as a sqlite BLOB on the same row as the comment. But if you're limiting votes to ~142 anyways, you can just store the exact ip address of…
Very nice! Thanks
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 248
- Total comments
- 96
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-31 | Show HN: Isso - a commenting server similar to Disqus | posativ | 5 | 2 |
| 2015-01-27 | Isso – Open Source Alternative to DisqusFirst breakout | avinassh | 110 | 27 |
| 2016-08-11 | Isso a commenting server similar to Disqus | iocp_nox | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-02-21 | Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to DisqusBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | vmorgulis | 132 | 67 |